At that moment, Di Jun and Xihe, who were stationed in the Heavenly Court, suddenly jolted. They sensed that the protective measures bestowed upon their ten children had been activated.
"Not good! Xihe, you stay here and guard the Heavenly Court carefully. I'm going to Yingzhou Immortal Island to see what happened."
Before anyone else could react, Di Jun vanished. As a peak Quasi-Saint expert, Di Jun was incredibly fast. He soon descended from the Thirty-Three Heavens and headed toward Yingzhou Immortal Island in the East Sea.
When Di Jun entered Yingzhou Immortal Island, he discovered that his ten children had disappeared. Seeing that the garrison was unharmed, he immediately understood what had happened!
"A Saint! A Saint actually did something so shameless!"
Di Jun's face flushed with rage. The River Chart and Luo Book flew out, constantly deducing the situation. By then, Di Jun had seen through the Heavenly Secrets and obtained some clues. Naturally, he could deduce the whereabouts of the ten Crown Princes by probing from the side.
Following the direction in which the ten Golden Crows had flown, Di Jun sped onward. The scene along the way was horrific, filled with traces of having been burned by Solar True Fire. With so many living beings dead, it was obvious that his children had drawn the Witch Race's pursuit.
"Ah! No! My children!"
Di Jun suddenly felt a stab of pain in his heart. An inexplicable sense of dread seized him. As a Quasi-Saint, he could not have sensed wrongly. Zhunti had acted ruthlessly in this matter. That temporary passage led directly to the heartland of the Primordial World. Even with Di Jun's cultivation, he could not reach the ten Golden Crows from the East Sea in a short while.
The farther Di Jun flew, the more panicked and furious he became. The throbbing in his heart had already appeared several times. Several of his children had probably already met with disaster.
Just as Di Jun descended from the Thirty-Three Heavens in search of the ten Crown Princes, the ten Golden Crows finally activated the protective talisman Di Jun had given them. When the eldest Crown Prince activated it, a great sun suddenly appeared in the void. Endless Solar True Fire was condensed to the utmost degree. Even the Solar True Fire on the ten Crown Princes combined was less than one ten-thousandth of this great sun.
Boom!
The great sun fell. The lakes in the entire region dried up, the green mountains turned to charcoal, and even the void was burned until it twisted.
Although Kuafu was a powerful Grand Unity Golden Immortal expert, he still could not withstand a protective treasure that a Quasi-Saint had given to his closest kin!
While Kuafu was pursuing the ten Golden Crows, Hou Yi, the leader of another Witch Race tribe near the Kuafu Tribe, also rushed toward them. The demon race had run rampant and burned countless members of his race to death, so Hou Yi's intention was the same as Kuafu's: they had to be killed!
After tracking them for some time, Hou Yi was far faster than Kuafu. As a peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal expert, Hou Yi was one of the most powerful Great Witches in the entire Witch Race. His divine archery was unrivaled under heaven.
Even the Ancestral Witches praised him repeatedly, believing that Hou Yi had a chance to advance to the Ancestral Witch realm. When the Witch Race had selected a thirteenth Ancestral Witch, Hou Yi had also been a popular candidate, but he had narrowly lost to Zhou Ji, who possessed a Nascent Soul.
Sensing the enormous red sun falling into the earth a hundred thousand li away, Hou Yi's heart leaped into his throat. He and Kuafu were neighbors from adjacent tribes and were also friends. Naturally, he knew Kuafu's strength and understood that Kuafu could not withstand the attack of this great sun.
Sensing that Kuafu was in danger, Hou Yi took down the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow from his back. His figure became like a shooting star as he hurried to the place where the great sun had fallen.
The flames raged throughout the area. Everywhere he looked was charred black.
The rivers had dried up, the mountains and earth had cracked, and all the grass, trees, and vegetation had been burned into ashes.
Kuafu's towering figure stood rigidly upon the earth, his eyes wide open. The peachwood staff in his hand still held its attacking stance, but the man himself no longer had any breath. Clearly, he had already died beneath one of Di Jun's talismans.
"Damn you! You feathered beasts!"
Seeing his friend dead, Hou Yi was overcome with grief. He held the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow, drew an arrow, and pulled the bowstring taut. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! How terrifying was a peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal expert wielding a divine weapon?
One arrow struck one Golden Crow. In merely an instant, the sky filled with continuous shrieks. One Golden Crow after another was pierced through by the arrows and fell toward the earth.
Only three Golden Crows remained, fleeing for their lives. By then, the demon race's Crown Princes had already been scared witless. They no longer had any of their former arrogance and wished they had another pair of wings so they could escape this nightmare land even faster.
"Little beasts! Today I'll exterminate the Golden Crow clan. When the final battle comes, I'll kill Di Jun and Tai Yi as well. From now on, there will be no Golden Crows left in the Primordial World!"
Looking at the three Golden Crows fleeing nonstop, Hou Yi sneered. He once again drew a divine arrow until the bow formed a full moon. When he released the string, the arrow shot through the air with a whoosh. The Golden Crow that had fled the fastest was pierced through and fell to the earth, transforming into an endless sea of flames.
"Second Brother!"
The remaining two Golden Crows were utterly terrified. They let out a mournful cry, not daring to stop—instead, they flew even faster toward the horizon.
"Damn it! You there, member of the Witch Race, stop at once!"
Finally, after unleashing all his strength, Di Jun flew from the East Sea to the heartland of the Primordial World at incredible speed. He happened to witness the tragic death of his second son.
When he saw Hou Yi draw his bow again, Di Jun crossed the million-li distance in an instant. Endless Solar True Fire burned everything, turning the area within a million li into a realm of flames.
Whoosh!
After piercing through another Golden Crow, Hou Yi sensed Di Jun's terrifying aura. Without time to think, he drew his bow and arrow again and shot toward the last Golden Crow.
"Imperial Father, save me!"
The youngest, Lu Ya, realized for the first time that death was so close. He flew with all his strength toward Di Jun, who was rapidly approaching him.
"Hou Yi! You're courting death! Treasure, turn around!"
Di Jun held up a yellow gourd. His immense magical power shattered the void, and the gourd entered the pitch-black spatial rift. In the next instant, it smashed through the void from nothingness and appeared near Hou Yi.
A thread of radiance flew out of the gourd. It was more than three zhang tall, and atop it was an object seven cun long, complete with brows and eyes. Two beams of white light shot from its eyes and enveloped Hou Yi. Hou Yi's mind grew hazy. Before he could understand what was happening, the gourd circled him three times. A beam of white light severed Hou Yi's head, killing this top-tier Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
"Witch Race! I will never rest until I have destroyed your Witch Race!"
After dealing with Hou Yi and saving Lu Ya, Di Jun's fury erupted completely. He had nearly lost his reason and wanted to send a voice transmission to the Heavenly Court to mobilize the army and begin the decisive battle with the Witch Race ahead of schedule.
Meanwhile, news of the ten Golden Crows wreaking havoc across the Primordial World had also reached the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Upon learning that countless members of their race had been killed or injured by the Golden Crows, they received another piece of news: Di Jun had actually descended into the Primordial World. In an instant, the Twelve Ancestral Witches felt that this was a heaven-sent opportunity. If they could join forces and kill Di Jun at the first opportunity, then the Heavenly Court would be without a ruler, and the demon race would collapse without a fight!
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